Identification and characterization of new inhibitors of the Escherichia coli MurA enzyme

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 3182-3188

  Baum, E Z ^a   Montenegro, D A ^a   Licata, L ^a   Turchi, I ^a   Webb, G C ^a   Foleno, B D ^a   Bush, K ^a  

^a R W JOHNSON PHARMACEUTICAL RES I   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; DISULFIDE; DNA; ENZYME INHIBITOR; FOSFOMYCIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN MURA; PURINE DERIVATIVE; PYRAZOLOPYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVE; RNA; RWJ 110192; RWJ 140998; RWJ 3981; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DRUG DETERMINATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IC 50; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; ULTRAFILTRATION;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOSFOMYCIN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PURINES; PYRAZOLES; PYRIMIDINES; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0034770091     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.45.11.3182-3188.2001     Document Type: Article

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